I really enjoyed my time with my ex-partner in rural Indiana. Perhaps because it's just so different to anything we have here in Britain.

Cities are largely the same wherever you go - London, Chicago, Sydney - they are all big towers, shops, bars, metro, money flowing around, and so on. It's when you get out into the country that you get a real flavour of a place.

You're right: upper Indiana is boring.

Now, try southern Indiana, around Nashville and Bloomington. It's like a small slice of California, with the rolling hills, pine trees, scenic routes, huge lakes, and awesome liberal atmosphere (home of IU).

I'm so glad I'm here, and not elsewhere in Indiana.

Going east and west across North Dakota is pretty damn boring.